Fester's Quest

Fester's Quest is a shoot 'em up game that takes place in three overhead areas (the streets, the sewers, and the UFO platform) and six buildings where the hallways are viewed from a 3D perspective.

Along the way, Fester encounters other members of the Addams Family in seven houses (plus the Addams mansion via a secret path through the trees behind the mansion): Thing (three times), Wednesday, Gomez, Morticia, Grandmama, and Pugsley, all of whom help him by giving him different weapons and items. Use of one particular item, the Noose, will summon Lurch to destroy all enemies on the screen.

One night, a UFO arrives in the city where the Addams Family lives and begins beaming up the residents. However, Grandmama casts a spell on herself and the other family members to protect them, having predicted the invasion. Patriarch Gomez Addams guards the family mansion while the others scatter throughout the city, and Uncle Fester sets out to save the townspeople from the aliens.

The French magazine Player One stated that Fester's Quest was great for fans of the franchise, although did suffer from short game length, "motley" visuals, and occasional slowdown. Paul Glancey of CVG, on the other hand, dismissed the game for its "flickery and unimpressive" visuals, lack of humor, and "unrewarding" mindless shooting gameplay consisting of constantly-respawning enemies. Critics from Electronic Gaming Monthly felt that while the game had alright graphics and "awesome" and "very good" music, its difficulty was "unbalanced" as it consisted of too-little real action and variety, very-easy mini-quests, and "next to impossible" bosses.

GamesRadar ranked it as the 73rd worst game ever made. The staff criticized its excessive difficulty and lack of comicality. IGN ranked Fester's Quest 45th on its Top 100 NES Games list. Fester's Quest has sold one million copies.